Seq66 Basic Tutorial: Main Window
Description: Seq66 Basic Tutorial
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Seq66 Basic Tutorial Pattern Slots
The figure below shows the layout of patterns slots, and the right-click menu for a pattern slot.
The Slot. Pattern slots are the square buttons in the Live Grid. Note the following contents of a slot, if it is not an empty/blank slot: Track Title. This holds a short title for the slot's track. Measures. The number of measures of a pattern can be any value. Usually the patterns are short: 1, 2, 4, 8 ... measures. Whatever the song needs. Status. Most often, a track is either "Muted" (silent) or "Armed". Other statuses are "Queued" and "One-shot", which are explained in the user's manual. Progress Box. The rectangle in the center of the slot represents the "color" of the track (if any), the events in the track, and the progress bar (if armed). Pattern Number. Each pattern is numbered from 0 to 31. Pattern numbers vary fastest by row; unusual, but can be changed. See the user's manual. Port-Channel Numbers. Each pattern is assigned MIDI port and output channel numbers. Ports numbers start at 0; port names are shown in Edit / Preferences. Channels go from 1 to 16; "F" means there's no output channel. Time Signature. The time signature of the pattern merely determines how the track looks in the pattern editor. Right-click Menu. This menu provides for creating/editing a pattern (also doable by a double-click or a hot-key). Patterns can be copied, moved, merged, have a color shown, etc. |
Slots and Right-Click Menu

Patterns go by many names: tracks, loops, sequences (!), and slots.